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BBC 2017-10-22 12:00:00
The new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is rethinking a plan to appoint Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's original proposal spar...
Xinhua 2017-10-22 12:00:00
Indian army Sunday said it killed a militant in gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir. The gunfight broke out in Handwara area of frontier Kupwara district, about 90 km northwest of Srinagar...
Reuters 2017-10-22 12:00:00
A personal letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic sold at auction on Saturday for 126,000 pounds ($166,000), a record price for correspondence from the doomed liner. T...
Xinhua 2017-10-22 12:00:00
Troops in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi killed eight militants during a successful overnight operation, officials said Sunday. Paramilitary troops Rangers and the counter terrorism d...
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The Dhaka University (DU) result of 'Gha' unit (combined unit for science, business studies and humanities group students) admission test under 2017-2018 academic session has been published as 14.35 p...
Reuters 2017-10-22 11:39:28
Gunmen on pick-up trucks and motorcycles coming from Mali killed 13 gendarmes and wounded five more in an attack on their base in western Niger, security sources said on Saturday. The village is a fe...
BBC 2017-10-22 10:38:52
Britain saw its smallest budget deficit for any September in the last 10 years, according to official figures. Last month's deficit stood at £5.902 billion, down almost 11 per cent compared wit...
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LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters): Oil prices fell on Friday and were set for a weekly loss as investors sought to book profits, despite tensions in the Middle East that have slashed supplies of crude. Brent...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-21 12:00:00
The monitoring and evaluation of public sector development projects by a designated government agency produces substandard evaluation reports for lack of in-depth performance analysis, insiders said....
BBC 2017-10-21 12:00:00
Renowned tech consultant and commentator Robert Scoble has apologised after multiple accusations of inappropriate behaviour towards women. In a post on Medium, journalist Quinn Norton accused Mr Scob...
BBC 2017-10-21 12:00:00
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said. The Nobel Laureate was said to have died of cancer in 1973, less than two weeks after a military coup led by Gene...
Xinhua 2017-10-21 12:00:00
Between 15 to 20 workers are feared to have been buried after a landslide hit a building construction site in the northwestern Malaysian state of Penang on Saturday morning. The state news agency Ber...
PTI 2017-10-21 12:00:00
The BSE Benchmark started the holiday truncated week with heavy gains, as both indices made fresh highs on positive trade data. The encouraging comments from the IMF chief on the outlook for Indian e...
AP 2017-10-21 12:00:00
A sketch of the Empire State Building drawn by President Donald Trump has sold at auction for $16,000. Julien’s Auctions says the 12-inch-by-9-inch black marker depiction of the iconic New York...
Xinhua 2017-10-21 11:09:34
At least 10 people were killed and 12 others injured Saturday after a goods truck carrying tiles overturned in western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. The accident took place near Tasagoan...
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US stocks closed modestly higher, lifting the S&P 500 index to its fifth record close in a row. The Dow Jones industrial average, which crossed past the 23,000 mark for the first time on Wednesd...
Reuters 2017-10-21 10:36:59
A Japanese software company is suing Apple Inc in a U.S. court over the trademark for the term “animoji”, alleging the U.S. technology company stole the name to use on a feature of its iPh...
BBC 2017-10-21 10:04:54
The death toll from last Saturday's huge truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 358, the information minister says. Some 56 people are also still missing, Abdirahman Osman says....
Rezaul Karim 2017-10-21 09:57:48
Release of nearly US$ 1.64 billion worth of pledged Japanese ODA loans for Bangladesh's six projects is being delayed due to complexity arisen over the payment of bank commission, officials said. "A...
BBC 2017-10-21 09:49:29
Police in Brazil say they have arrested 108 people in the biggest operation ever against paedophiles in Latin America. Suspects were arrested in 24 states and the capital, Brasilia. Justice Minister...
Reuters 2017-10-20 12:00:00
Asian shares shrugged off early sluggishness and gained on Friday, and the dollar rose after the US Senate approved a budget blueprint for the 2018 fiscal year that will pave the way for Republicans t...
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Asian shares pushed higher on investor optimism over the global outlook despite uncertainties over the outcome of political events in China and Japan. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 crept less th...
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China posted relatively solid economic growth in the third quarter (Q3), driven by a stronger services industry, data showed on Friday. China’s property sector grew 3.9 per cent in the Q3 from...
Reuters 2017-10-19 12:00:00
India is tightening quality controls for consumer and capital goods, officials say, a move that follows calls to curb cheap imports from China amid diplomatic tensions between the world's two most pop...
AP 2017-10-19 12:00:00
A fire has nearly destroyed a luxury hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon. A body bag was carried out of the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel on Thursday morning and firefigh...
Munima Sultana 2017-10-19 12:00:00
A Chinese company is set to get Tk 9.35 billion contract for construction of 4.5-kilometre elevated structure from Uttara House Building to Cherag Ali Market of the bus-based mass transit line from Ga...
Reuters 2017-10-19 12:00:00
A new exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book’s publication is offering ‘muggles’ with an interest in magic the chance to view rare memorabilia, co...
BBC 2017-10-19 12:00:00
New Zealand is set for a centre-left coalition government led by Labour head Jacinda Ardern. Ms Ardern has been opposition leader for the last three months. At 37, she is set to be the country's youn...
Reuters 2017-10-19 12:00:00
Thirty years ago, before heading to work at the New York Stock Exchange, Peter Kenny left his home in lower Manhattan and made a detour to the nearby Our Lady of Victory church to pray to St. Jude, th...
BBC 2017-10-19 11:51:38
A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against Sunwing Airlines for promising a champagne service and instead serving sparkling wine. Daniel Macduff booked a holiday to Cuba through Sunwing that advertis...
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